Iulian Mihăescu

Iulian Mihăescu (born 11 September 1962) is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder and defender. He began his senior football career in 1984 by playing as a forward at Divizia B club Flacăra Moreni. On 28 May he scored his first goal in the league, the decisive one in the 2–1 win over rivals Steaua București. Afterwards, on 25 June in the Cupa României final, Lucescu sent him at half time to replace Nelu Stănescu, playing until the 89th minute when he got replaced by Nistor Văidean in the 1–0 victory against the same team. In the first one, coach Lucescu used him in 27 games in which he scored seven goals and in the second he played 27 games and scored once under coach Florin Halagian as the team won the title undefeated. He also won the 1989–90 Cupa României but did not play in the final. Mihăescu made 22 appearances with one goal scored in European competitions. In the following edition of the same competition, Mihăescu played seven games and scored once against Dinamo Tirana, as Dinamo reached the semi-finals where they were defeated with 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht.

After six and a half seasons spent at Dinamo, Mihăescu went to play for the last two seasons of his career at Petrolul Ploiești and Sportul Studențesc. As he never played for Romania's senior team, on 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included Mihăescu on a list of best Romanian players who never played for the senior national team.

Coaching career After ending his playing career, Mihăescu worked mostly as an assistant, with only short periods as head coach, most notably at Unirea Urziceni in Liga I.

Honours Flacăra Moreni Divizia B: 1985–86 Dinamo București Divizia A: 1989–90, 1991–92 Cupa României: 1985–86, 1989–90